Playing Flv Video Clips With Media Components (Flash Professional Only) - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

Playing FLV video clips with media components
(Flash Professional only)
With Flash MX Professional 2004 media components, you can quickly and easily add Flash video
and playback controls to your documents. Then, using cue points, you can synchronize your
video with animation, text, and graphics. For example, you can create a Flash presentation that
has video playing in one area of the screen while text and graphics appear in another area. A cue
point placed in the video triggers an update to the text and graphic, letting them remain relevant
to the content of the video.
The media component suite consists of three components: MediaDisplay, MediaController, and
MediaPlayback. With the MediaDisplay component, adding media to your Flash documents is as
simple as dragging the component to the Stage and configuring it in the Component inspector.
In addition to setting the parameters in the Component inspector, you can add cue points to
trigger other actions. The MediaDisplay component has no visual representation during
playback; only the video clip is visible. For more information, see "Media components (Flash
Professional only)" in Using Components.
The MediaController component provides user interface controls that let the user interact with
streaming media. The Controller features Play, Pause, and Rewind to Start buttons and a volume
control. It also includes playbars that show how much of the media has loaded and how much has
played. A playhead slider can be dragged forward and backward on the playbar to navigate
quickly to different parts of the video. Using Behaviors or ActionScript, you can easily link this
component to the MediaDisplay component to show streaming video and provide user control.
For more information, see "Media components (Flash Professional only)"in Using Components.
The MediaPlayback component provides the easiest and quickest way to add video and a
controller to your Flash documents. The MediaPlayback component combines the MediaDisplay
and MediaController components into a single, integrated component. The MediaDisplay and
MediaController component instances are automatically linked to each other for playback
control. For more information, see "Media components (Flash Professional only)" in Using
Components.
You use the Component inspector to configure parameters for playback, size, and layout for all
three components. All the media components work equally well with MP3 audio content.
To add a MediaPlayback component to a Flash document:
Open the Components panel (Windows > Development Panels > Components) and drag the
1.
MediaPlayback component to the Stage. For more information, see "Adding components to
Flash documents" in Using Components.
With the component selected, open the Property inspector (Windows > Properties) and enter
2.
an instance name.
Open the Component inspector (Windows > Development Panels > Component Inspector)
3.
and select FLV (default setting) for the media type.
Enter values for parameters or use default settings:
4.
Video Length
Milliseconds
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determines progress of the playback by the playbar component.
determines whether the playbar and cue points use frames or milliseconds.